Stocking



Dec. 19, 1944. wElSZ I I 2,365,161

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Patented Dec. 19, 1944 STOCKING Tibor Weisz, Budapest, Hungary; vested in the Alien Property Custodian Application April 1, 1942, Serial No. 437,192 In Hungary December 21, 1940 I 2 Claims.

This invention relates to hosiery, and more particularly to stockings, and its object is to provide in the body of the stocking a stop for preventing the running of dropped meshes, or

stitches formed by knitting, when raveling occurs.

According to the invention, this stop simply consists of a foreign or additional thread inserted by a circular knitting machine are to be provided with the stops according to the invention, the

' a thread 8.

lower end of the hem, said stop running circumferentially and extending the whole circumference of the stocking 3.

Additional stops could be provided in the same manner at suitable distances below the stop I to increase safetyagainst the running down of dropped meshes as a result of a raveling occurring below the stop 1.

v As clearly shown in Fig. 2, the fabric 6 of the stocking is folded to form a circumferentially extending fold l which is then sewn through with The incorporation of this thread 8 not only prevents the fold 1 from unfolding,

' which is a secondary effect, but also provides a foreign thread is preferably inserted in the blanks very efficacious stop against thepropagation of dropping meshes. Also, in Figure 2, it will be noted that the inner face of the body fabric is substantially uninterrupted in the provision of the folded section, and therefore no inwardly projecting portions will be present to irritate the leg of the wearer.

What I claim is:

1. In a stocking having a hem at the top thereof, a run-stop located below the hem comprising a relatively narrow folded section of the single thickness of the body fabric only and extending substantially coursewise of the knit fabric, said The invention is illustrated, by way of example,

section being sewn through walewise of the stocking body and exteriorly thereof to form a semicircular cross-section when,viewed in a coursewise direction, the radius of said semi-circular venting the propagation of dropped meshes or stitches.

According to Fig. 1, the stocking indicated by e 3 has at its upper end an in-turned hem or welt,

the lower edge of the in-turned hem being attached to the body of the stocking by stitches along the line 4. The garter topso formed being well-known in the art, the course of stitches along the line 4 does not form part of the present invention. When the stocking is attached to the garter a raveling can occur which results in a section being substantially equal to the thickness of said fabric, and the inner face of the body fabric being substantially uninterrupted in the provision of said folded section.

2. In a stocking havinga hem at the top thereof, arun-stop located below the hem comprising a relatively narrow foldedsection of the single thickness of the body fabric only and extending substantially coursewise of the knit fabric, said section being sewn through walewise of the stocking body 'and exteriorly thereof with a foreign thread extending through opposed bights substantially at the juncture of the folded section with the body portion to form a semi-circular "cross-section when viewed in a coursewise direc- 

